Removed the relinker dependency from the project, since now we are loading the .so files on the libkiwix side. Enabled the loadICUData method, since now it is fixed on the libkiwix side. Search and server is now starting successfully, but need some refactoring, for that see next commit.

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ play {
 
 dependencies {
   androidTestImplementation(Libs.leakcanary_android_instrumentation)
+  api(fileTree(mapOf("include" to "*.aar", "dir" to "libs")))
+  implementation("com.getkeepsafe.relinker:relinker:1.4.5")
+  implementation(files("C:\\Users\\aades\\OneDrive\\Documents/lib-debug.aar"))
 }
 task("generateVersionCodeAndName") {
   val file = File("VERSION_INFO")

buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Libs.kt

@@ -344,9 +344,4 @@ object Libs {
    * https://developer.android.com/testing
    */
   const val junit: String = "androidx.test.ext:junit:" + Versions.junit
-
-  /**
-   * https://github.com/KeepSafe/ReLinker
-   */
-  const val relinker: String = "com.getkeepsafe.relinker:relinker:" + Versions.relinker
 }

buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Versions.kt

@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ object Versions {
   const val webkit: String = "1.3.0"
 
   const val junit: String = "1.1.4"
-
-  const val relinker: String = "1.4.5"
 }
 
 /**

core/build.gradle.kts

@@ -60,14 +60,15 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(Libs.threetenabp)
 
   // Get kiwixlib online if it is not populated locally
-  if (!shouldUseLocalVersion()) {
-    api(Libs.kiwixlib)
-  } else {
-    api(fileTree(mapOf("include" to "*.aar", "dir" to "libs")))
-  }
+  // if (!shouldUseLocalVersion()) {
+  //   api(Libs.kiwixlib)
+  // } else {
+  //   api(fileTree(mapOf("include" to "*.aar", "dir" to "libs")))
+  // }
 
-  // Relinker to load libkiwix
-  implementation(Libs.relinker)
+  api(fileTree(mapOf("include" to "*.aar", "dir" to "libs")))
+  implementation("com.getkeepsafe.relinker:relinker:1.4.5")
+  implementation(files("C:\\Users\\aades\\OneDrive\\Documents/lib-debug.aar"))
 
   // Document File
   implementation(Libs.select_folder_document_file)

core/src/main/java/org/kiwix/kiwixmobile/core/JNIInitialiser.kt

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core
 
 import android.content.Context
 import android.util.Log
-import com.getkeepsafe.relinker.ReLinker
 import org.kiwix.libkiwix.JNIKiwix
 import org.kiwix.kiwixmobile.core.utils.TAG_KIWIX
 import java.io.File
@@ -28,12 +27,7 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 
 internal class JNIInitialiser @Inject constructor(context: Context, jniKiwix: JNIKiwix) {
   init {
-    /* Load wrapper's .so files which we have missed to load in libkiwix
-       More information here https://github.com/kiwix/java-libkiwix/issues/39
-    */
-    ReLinker.loadLibrary(context, "kiwix_wrapper")
-    ReLinker.loadLibrary(context, "zim_wrapper")
-    // loadICUData(context)?.let(jniKiwix::setDataDirectory)
+    loadICUData(context)?.let(jniKiwix::setDataDirectory)
   }
 
   private fun loadICUData(context: Context): String? {